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Jon Coupal is an attorney and president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association -- California's largest taxpayer organization with offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento.
1 posted on 03/07/2006 2:16:16 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Rich liberals... The New Robber Barons.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

2 posted on 03/07/2006 2:18:51 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: NormsRevenge
One solution would be to require a super majority to pass either a referendum or an intuitive involving any transfer of wealth.

If it (the super majority) is good enough for the state legislature, it ought to be good enough for the good ole boy network that is ripping off taxpayers.

Whether Reiner, Hastings or Schwarzenegger, they should be bound by our constitution protections on taxation.

3 posted on 03/07/2006 2:23:56 PM PST by Amerigomag
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To: NormsRevenge
Reed Hastings, whose DVD rental company Netflix provides his foundation of support.

Well, CRAP! I love Netflix.....

4 posted on 03/07/2006 2:27:18 PM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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YES ON 82, PRESCHOOL FOR ALL, 
A COALITION OF EDUCATION ADVOCATES, BUSINESS LEADERS AND SERVICE EMPLOYEE UNIONS (ID# 971785) 
NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR PAYMENT TYPE EMPLOYER AMOUNT
CARL REINER Monetary SELF $500,000.00
ROBERT REINER Monetary CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT $225,000.00
ROBERT REINER Monetary CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT $70,000.00
ROBERT REINER Non-Monetary CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT $6,773.43
ROBERT REINER Non-Monetary CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT $4,088.99
ROBERT REINER Non-Monetary CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT $3,630.47
ROBERT REINER Non-Monetary CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT $3,250.22
ROBERT REINER Non-Monetary CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT $10,573.53
ROBERT REINER Non-Monetary CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT $2,027.04
ROBERT REINER Non-Monetary CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT $839.80
REED HASTINGS Non-Monetary NETFLIX, INC. $250,011.90
CA STATE COUNCIL OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES ISSUES COMMITTEE Monetary $150,000.00
HERBERT M. & MARION O. SANDLER Non-Monetary GOLDEN WEST FINANCIAL CORP $100,980.00
ELI BROAD Monetary THE BROAD FOUNDATIONS $100,000.00
STEPHEN M. SILBERSTEIN Monetary $100,000.00
GEORGE L. SHAPIRO Monetary SHAPIRO/WEST & ASSOCIATES $50,000.00
NANCY DALY RIORDAN Monetary NONE $50,000.00
RICHARD J. RIORDAN Monetary $50,000.00
F. WARREN HELLMAN Monetary HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN LLC $50,000.00
F. WARREN HELLMAN Monetary HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN LLC $49,000.00
SUSIE TOMPKINS BUELL Monetary $50,000.00
JUDITH AVERY Monetary $50,000.00
LAURENE POWELL JOBS Monetary COLLEGE TRAK $35,000.00
BRIAN S. SNYDER Monetary H.B.J. $30,000.00
ELIZABETH H. LOWE Monetary SELF $25,000.00
ROBERT J. LOWE Monetary LOWE ENTERPRISES, INC. $25,000.00
PHILIP HALPERIN Monetary SILVER GIVING FOUNDATION $25,000.00
AKT INVESTMENTS, INC. Monetary $25,000.00
THOMAS D. HORMEL TRUST Monetary SELF $25,000.00
JOHN A. & LISA S. PRITZKER Monetary NONE $25,000.00
SHARI FOOS Monetary SELF $25,000.00
GEORGE SOROS Monetary SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC $25,000.00
ALAN HORN Monetary WARNER BROS $25,000.00
CHRISTOPHER F. GABRIELI Monetary SELF $25,000.00
CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST Monetary $25,000.00
JENA & MICHAEL KING Monetary KING WORLD PRODUCTIONS $25,000.00
HISPANIC EXPRESS, INC. Monetary $20,000.00
ROBERT A. DALY Monetary RULEMAKER, INC. $10,000.00
DAVID GEFFEN Monetary DREAMWORKS STUDIOS $10,000.00

6 posted on 03/07/2006 2:37:26 PM PST by calcowgirl
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To: All
Rob Reiner is a Hollywood OPM addict.
7 posted on 03/07/2006 2:38:54 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (Hillary is the she in shenanigans.)
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To: NormsRevenge

They likely want to abuse it so that the legislatures can build a case to take away the initiative options....


10 posted on 03/07/2006 2:50:39 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: NormsRevenge

Now self-proclaimed 'humanitarians' try to give away everyone else's money.


11 posted on 03/07/2006 2:53:32 PM PST by kenth (Phil! Phil Connors! I thought that was you!)
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To: NormsRevenge
This year both Reiner and Hastings are back. For the June ballot, Reiner has qualified Proposition 82 that would increase taxes on high income Californians to provide preschool for all at a cost estimated by the Reason Foundation of $109,000 per year for each additional child that the program would cover.

Am I reading this wrong? 109K per child for a preschool. This seems outrageous. There is a very good preschool here in Pennsylvania that I was looking into that charges 575 a month for 5 half days per week. That works out to at most 4000 to 5000 per year. Full time boarding schools for grade school kids don't cost 109K. I question this number.

13 posted on 03/07/2006 3:12:41 PM PST by sportutegrl (People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
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To: Gabz; SheLion
However, in recent years, Reiner, Hastings and other "do-gooders" have seized upon the initiative process as a way to fund their pet causes. In 1998, Reiner succeeded in placing on the ballot the Californian Children and Families Act, Proposition 10, which raised taxes on tobacco products to fund child development programs. Since smokers now enjoy the status that lepers held in the Middle Ages, the measure passed.

Ping

18 posted on 03/07/2006 5:12:53 PM PST by fanfan ( "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality" - Ayn Rand)
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To: NormsRevenge
Hastings Reed NETFLIX, INC., CEO YES ON 71: Coalition For Stem Cell Research And Cures , ID#1260661 Prop 71 $ 200,008.00

Sigh. A friend gave me a gift of three months of Netflix. Three movies at a time, fast service, great selection. I really enjoyed it, and signed up.

Now that I know where some of this money is going, I'm cancelling my subscription.

21 posted on 03/07/2006 8:14:29 PM PST by formerDem ("How many men have sold their souls to be admired by fools?" --G.K. Chesterton)
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